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if I put this into file($abovestring); (I did put the correct user and password and changed all double quotes to single quotes) it sends a request but ignores everything within<> so I get the following error:

Warning: file("Http://testing.shippingapis.com/ShippingAPITest.dll?API=Rate&XML=EXPRESS2077020852100NoneREGULAR") - No such file or directory in /home/sites/home/web/testxml.php on line 5

Is this a problem with the <> in the string, or is this not a valid way to send information with GET?

Bernn I spent the better half of yesterday trying to figure this one out, but no such luck. I mean right on usps site is says those are valid get requests. But what I think is missing is a way to connect to the server and pass that xml request. I tried looking through the XML docs for PHP, but couldn't figure it out. I know a little further down the page in the usps docs it gives examples for ASP, Perl and Java, but none for PHP. I do want to figure out how it works so I will be trying some more, and will let you know if I figure it out.

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